Arts and humanities Grammar Parts of speech. If theres a clause following it youre likely dealing with a conjunction. Pin On English Grammar This page has lots of examples of each type an explainer video and an interactive test. Is that a preposition or conjunction . To tell if a word is a preposition look to see if it has an object. He she it we and they are all examples of pronouns. Correlative conjunctions and starting sentences. A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. These are personal pronouns but there are nine different types of pronouns. If its not preceded by a preposition it is a direct object. If its at the end of a clause instead of the beginning or the end of a sentence its likely an adverb. If its preceded by any other preposition it. When deciding between direct and indirect objects the general rule is that if the person or thing is preceded by the preposition à or pour that personthing is an indirect object. The preposition and the conj